Quantic branches out with diverse set at The Roxy

For well over a decade, Will Holland has been the brains behind Quantic, one of his many projects as a musician, DJ and record producer. This past fall, we caught Holland and his Quantic sidekicks performing inside a tiny church in Echo Park for Culture Collide Festival (read our review here). At the time, Holland said the show would be Quantic’s last one for a while after touring the world in support of 2014’s Magnetica. But less than six months later, the UK native was back in LA on Wednesday night for a KCRW-sponsored event, hitting the decks and showcasing a variety of Latin genres — everything from cumbia to salsa to bossa nova — while mixing in a handful of reggae and hip-hop grooves. DJ Vadim kicked things off with his own set of turntables and was joined on stage by a couple of guest vocalists.